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Enter TOUCHSTONE and AUDREY .
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Enter TOUCHSTONE and AUDREY .
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TOUCHSTONE Tomorrow is the joyful day, Audrey. Tomorrow will we be married.
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TOUCHSTONE Tomorrow is the joyful day, Audrey. Tomorrow will we be married.
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AUDREY I do desire it with all my heart, and I hope it is no dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the world.
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AUDREY I do desire it with all my heart, and I hope it is no dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the world.
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Enter two PAGES
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Enter two PAGES
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5 Here comes two of the banished duke’s pages.
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Here comes two of the banished duke’s pages.
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FIRST PAGE Well met, honest gentleman.
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FIRST PAGE Well met, honest gentleman.
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TOUCHSTONE By my troth, well met. Come, sit, sit, and a song.
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TOUCHSTONE By my troth, well met. Come, sit, sit, and a song.
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SECOND PAGE We are for you. Sit i' th' middle.
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SECOND PAGE We are for you. Sit i' th' middle.
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FIRST PAGE Shall we clap into ’t roundly, without hawking or spitting or saying we are hoarse, which are the only prologues to a bad voice?
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FIRST PAGE Shall we clap into ’t roundly, without hawking or spitting or saying we are hoarse, which are the only prologues to a bad voice?
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SECOND PAGE I' faith, i' faith, and both in a tune like two gypsies on a horse.
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SECOND PAGE I' faith, i' faith, and both in a tune like two gypsies on a horse.
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PAGES (sing)
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey-nonny-no,
That o'er the green cornfield did pass
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding.
Between the acres of the rye,
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PAGES (sing)
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey-nonny-no,
That o'er the green cornfield did pass
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding.
Between the acres of the rye,
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With a hey, and a ho, and a hey-nonny-no,
These pretty country folks would lie
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
Sweet lovers love the spring.
This carol they began that hour,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey hey-nonny-no,
How that a life was but a flower
When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.
And therefore take the present time,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey hey-nonny-no,
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.
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With a hey, and a ho, and a hey-nonny-no,
These pretty country folks would lie
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
Sweet lovers love the spring.
This carol they began that hour,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey hey-nonny-no,
How that a life was but a flower
When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.
And therefore take the present time,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey hey-nonny-no,
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.
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TOUCHSTONE Truly, young gentlemen, though there was no great matter in the ditty, yet the note was very untunable.
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TOUCHSTONE Truly, young gentlemen, though there was no great matter in the ditty, yet the note was very untunable.
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FIRST PAGE You are deceived, sir. We kept time. We lost not our time.
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FIRST PAGE You are deceived, sir. We kept time. We lost not our time.
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TOUCHSTONE By my troth, yes. I count it but time lost to hear such a foolish song. God be wi' you, and God mend your voices.— Come, Audrey.
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TOUCHSTONE By my troth, yes. I count it but time lost to hear such a foolish song. God be wi' you, and God mend your voices.— Come, Audrey.
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Exeunt
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Enter TOUCHSTONE and AUDREY .
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Enter TOUCHSTONE and AUDREY .
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TOUCHSTONE Tomorrow is the joyful day, Audrey. Tomorrow will we be married.
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TOUCHSTONE Tomorrow is the joyful day, Audrey. Tomorrow will we be married.
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AUDREY I do desire it with all my heart, and I hope it is no dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the world.
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AUDREY I do desire it with all my heart, and I hope it is no dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the world.
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Enter two PAGES
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Enter two PAGES
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5 Here comes two of the banished duke’s pages.
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Here comes two of the banished duke’s pages.
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FIRST PAGE Well met, honest gentleman.
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FIRST PAGE Well met, honest gentleman.
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TOUCHSTONE By my troth, well met. Come, sit, sit, and a song.
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TOUCHSTONE By my troth, well met. Come, sit, sit, and a song.
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SECOND PAGE We are for you. Sit i' th' middle.
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SECOND PAGE We are for you. Sit i' th' middle.
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FIRST PAGE Shall we clap into ’t roundly, without hawking or spitting or saying we are hoarse, which are the only prologues to a bad voice?
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FIRST PAGE Shall we clap into ’t roundly, without hawking or spitting or saying we are hoarse, which are the only prologues to a bad voice?
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SECOND PAGE I' faith, i' faith, and both in a tune like two gypsies on a horse.
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SECOND PAGE I' faith, i' faith, and both in a tune like two gypsies on a horse.
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PAGES (sing)
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey-nonny-no,
That o'er the green cornfield did pass
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding.
Between the acres of the rye,
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PAGES (sing)
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey-nonny-no,
That o'er the green cornfield did pass
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding.
Between the acres of the rye,
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With a hey, and a ho, and a hey-nonny-no,
These pretty country folks would lie
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
Sweet lovers love the spring.
This carol they began that hour,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey hey-nonny-no,
How that a life was but a flower
When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.
And therefore take the present time,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey hey-nonny-no,
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.
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With a hey, and a ho, and a hey-nonny-no,
These pretty country folks would lie
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
Sweet lovers love the spring.
This carol they began that hour,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey hey-nonny-no,
How that a life was but a flower
When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.
And therefore take the present time,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey hey-nonny-no,
In springtime, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.
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TOUCHSTONE Truly, young gentlemen, though there was no great matter in the ditty, yet the note was very untunable.
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TOUCHSTONE Truly, young gentlemen, though there was no great matter in the ditty, yet the note was very untunable.
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FIRST PAGE You are deceived, sir. We kept time. We lost not our time.
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FIRST PAGE You are deceived, sir. We kept time. We lost not our time.
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TOUCHSTONE By my troth, yes. I count it but time lost to hear such a foolish song. God be wi' you, and God mend your voices.— Come, Audrey.
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TOUCHSTONE By my troth, yes. I count it but time lost to hear such a foolish song. God be wi' you, and God mend your voices.— Come, Audrey.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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